In the palace, it was raining heavily at night, and outside there was the sound of rain hitting banana trees.
But the sound of the boards was much heavier than the dripping sound of the rain.
Blood-red water gradually flowed out from the bluestone slab, mixed with the water under the eaves, and soon flowed everywhere along the gaps.
In the crown prince's palace, the lights were brightly lit, and all the eunuchs knelt on the ground, trembling.
Zheng Sitong was wearing thin pajamas and a thick cloak. But the prince did not allow a fumigation cage to be placed in the palace, so she was still very cold.
He even couldn't help but cough twice.
However, the prince remained unmoved until Eunuch Lin was dragged over and thrown in front of her, making her scream in surprise.
Eunuch Lin was not dead yet, his mouth was still bleeding, and there was no light in his dilated eyes, only some blurry reflections.
Zheng Sitong shouted: "Ah...ah...dead man."
But no matter how she lost her composure, no one in the palace paid attention to her, and no one responded to her words.
Zheng Sitong had no choice but to pounce on Grandma Liu, but at this time, Grandma Liu was as stiff as a wooden figure and did not even dare to move her eyelids.
Zheng Sitong shook Nanny Liu and shouted: "Nanny Liu, quickly, drag this damn thing away!"
Suddenly, the prince in the high position raised his eyes and glanced at him, his glance was extremely cold.
Zheng Sitong felt her knees go weak, and she immediately knelt down beside Grandma Liu. Fortunately, Grandma Liu's body supported her, so she did not fall to the ground.
I saw her saying sadly: "Your Highness...isn't he just a palace servant?"
The prince leaned forward, and the slight curvature made the palace people in the palace tremble like frightened birds.
Zheng Sitong was also full of fear, his big eyes were filled with tears, and he looked pitiful.
The prince glanced at the corpse on the ground and said, "Then what are you afraid of? Isn't it just a palace man who is dead now?"
Zheng Sitong raised her eyes and looked at the man in front of her in disbelief. His outline was so familiar, but his expression was so unfamiliar, as if she had never really known him?
She lowered her head, cried, and then laughed again.
"The prince wants to destroy me?"
The prince said solemnly: "You were born a noble daughter. The Zheng family taught you to be aloof, but they did not teach you to be considerate of others. You are indeed not qualified to be the future mother of Dayan. From today on, you will move to the side hall and you will not be allowed to be served.
"
Zheng Sitong sneered and replied: "Why didn't the prince ask someone to kill me? Are you afraid that the grandson will avenge me as a mother in the future if he finds out?"
The prince looked straight at Zheng Sitong and mocked: "Are you sure that Jing Huan will be the one who takes the throne in the future?"
Zheng Sitong's pupils suddenly shrank and he said in panic: "Prince, what does this mean?"
The prince sneered coldly: "The world has not yet been decided, so you expect your son to turn you around. You are thinking too well."
After saying that, he stood up.
He looked down at the astonished Zheng Sitong and said, "Yu Deshui is not dead yet. If he can come back alive, I will let him take care of his grandson himself."
With a loud "boom", the fortress that Zheng Sitong had been holding on to collapsed in her heart. Regardless of her identity, she wanted to hug the prince's feet, but her movements were slow. The moment she started, the prince had already left, leaving her alone.
Leng Ao's back.
Zheng Sitong wailed: "Your Highness, Jing Huan is your biological son, how could you treat him like this?"
"Your Highness, I was wrong, I really know I was wrong!"
"Please, I beg you, don't let Yu Deshui come back, don't let him get close to the grandson..."
"don't want……"
Zheng Sitong's voice was shrill and harsh, and his mood could no longer be stabilized, and he soon burst into tears.
But at this moment, two guards came in and dragged Nanny Liu away.
Zheng Sitong wanted to hold her, but he didn't.
Soon, Grandma Liu's painful wails could be heard outside the hospital. It seemed as if her legs had been broken.
Zheng Sitong's body trembled, and her cloak slipped off her body. She stood up immediately, walked back and forth in the palace with bare feet, and kept saying: "No, no, His Highness will not be so heartless!"
"I must be dreaming, I must be!"
"As long as you fall asleep, it will be fine. If you fall asleep, it will be fine."
Just as she was mumbling to herself, Hua Zimo walked in with someone.
"You move all the Crown Princess's things to the side hall. From today on, the Crown Princess will no longer live here?"
Zheng Sitong suddenly became quiet. She looked at Hua Zimo, her face twisted and her eyes cold.
Hua Zimo was not afraid at all, but said: "My dear lady, back then you were also brought into the East Palace by eight royal sedans. It is all your own fault that you are in this situation today."
"To be honest, the last thing you should doubt about His Highness is that he likes men."
"You injured Yu Deshui, didn't you clearly want to ruin the reputation of the Crown Prince? Your Majesty doesn't know yet. When he finds out tomorrow, you won't be able to keep your position as Crown Princess."
Zheng Sitong lowered her head, she didn't believe it, it was just that this was a royal secret and she became the scapegoat.
She sneered and said: "If the emperor knows the truth and wants to destroy me as the crown princess, then I have nothing to say."
Seeing that she was still stubborn, Hua Zimo broke her last illusion and sneered: "Of course you have nothing to say, after all, it is what you think, so there is no need for you to kill Yu Deshui. The emperor even has the whole body."
I won’t even leave it for him.”
"Crown Princess, take care of yourself!"
After Hua Zimo finished speaking lightly, he led the palace servants to move Zheng Sitong to the side hall.
It was extremely cold in the side hall. The palace guests dropped their bags and left. As soon as the creaking palace door was closed, a cold wind blew.
Reminiscent of the scene before Eunuch Lin's death, the eyes that could not be closed seemed to be staring in the dark. Zheng Sitong rushed towards the palace door, slapped it and shouted: "Let me out, Your Highness, let me out!"
"Your Highness, I know I was wrong, I really know I was wrong."
"I am Jing Huan's biological mother. You can't do this to me. You can't..."
After Zheng Sitong howled, she found that the entire side hall was filled with her voice, echoing in waves, accompanied by gusts of sinister wind, as if someone was coming to demand her life. She was so frightened that her nails were cut off, and blood flowed from her fingers.
It looks particularly eye-catching.
Suddenly, a bolt of lightning flashed past her eyes, and she saw her hands were covered in blood.
"Ah!!" After a frightened scream, the side hall finally regained its calm.
Outside the palace, Hua Zimo, who had not yet left, spat at the palace door.
In fact, he hasn't even told Mrs. Zheng that it was because she drugged the Hexin wine on the wedding night that the prince's old illness relapsed. He probably didn't hate women that much.
Oh, no, the prince does not hate women.
The prince just hates women plotting against him, especially a woman like Zheng who refuses to change despite repeated admonitions and thinks she is not wrong.
…
Naturally, what happened in the East Palace could not be hidden from the emperor.
After dawn, Li Defu sent a message and invited the prince to have breakfast at Qinzheng Hall.
The prince went, and Emperor Shunyuan asked him to sit down and have a meal. There was no need to go to court today. Emperor Shunyuan waited for the prince to put down his chopsticks, and then asked: "Are you determined to abolish the Zheng family?"
The prince said indifferently: "It has nothing to do with determination. Zheng's virtue is not worthy of the position, so she should be deposed from the position of crown princess."
The prince raised his eyes and said nonchalantly: "Of course I can bear it, if everyone in the world can bear it too!"
Emperor Shunyuan: "..."
After being silent for a while, Emperor Shunyuan said: "Then abolish the position of Crown Princess and demote her to Crown Prince Concubine, so as to save some face for the emperor and grandson."
The prince stood up, bowed and saluted: "My dear father, I thank you."
Emperor Shunyuan sighed and said quietly: "In this case, Jing Huan is no longer your legitimate son, and we still have to look for a new crown princess, which is really troublesome!"
"By the way, is the little eunuch dead?"
"Is he good-looking? I remember he's not as good-looking as Hua Zimo, right? Why is he being targeted?"
"If he gets better, remember to bring him over so I can take a closer look."